At the time, her news was applauded by many who were grateful that she was weighing in on and furthering the conversation around new moms’ mental wellness. Now expecting baby #2—a boy due in June!—the Sports Illustrated model and cookbook author is tackling the topic again. Teigen sat down with friend and hairstylist Jen Atkin at the Create & Cultivate conference in Los Angeles on Saturday and expressed her concern that she might need to confront PPD again following her son’s birth.

“Do I worry about it with this little boy? I do,” she shared, according to People. “But I also know that when it does happen — if it does — I’m so ready for it. I have the perfect people around me for it. That’s why I stand for a real core group of people around me.”

In fact, Teigen noted that she knows some women aren’t as privileged to have the support she does and gave them props for their strength. “I cannot explain how much I look up to people that are still trying to grow into what they want to be,” she said. “I’m older now, I’ve been through the dues of it all. But I don’t know how I would have handled it if I were still paying the dues and having to answer to certain people. I think I would have been too weak, honestly. I don’t know how you guys do it every single day.”

She also compared PPD to “coming down from any drug” after being swept up in a rush of endorphins that come with undergoing IVF. Of recognizing what she was facing, she explained, “I had just had Luna. I knew I had an incredible life and husband and family and all the resources necessary. I knew that I was personally unhappy, but I didn’t think that anything was wrong with it because I just assumed that that’s the way it goes. You have a kid, you’re sad, you lose those endorphins and that’s the way it is. I do wish that more people had spoken up around me. I encourage anyone who sees something around them to point it out. It took me to finally sit myself down because I think it’s hard for people to point something out.”

Thankfully, Teigen recognized that she was dealing with PPD and was able to get the support she needed to feel better and to then share her experience with others.

In her Glamour essay, Teigen wrote, “I’m speaking up now because I want people to know it can happen to anybody and I don’t want people who have it to feel embarrassed or to feel alone. I also don’t want to pretend like I know everything about postpartum depression, because it can be different for everybody. But one thing I do know is that—for me—just merely being open about it helps.”

That’s just as true now as it was then. With hope, Teigen’s discussion of potentially facing PPD the second time around will show other moms facing the same worries that they absolutely are not alone.

Maressa Brown is an editor and writer with more than a decade of experience covering lifestyle, pop culture, and parenting. Her work has appeared in/on a variety of publications including Cosmopolitan.com, Parents.com, Romper, Redbookmag.com, ELLE.com, GoodHousekeeping.com, Bustle, Variety, Women's Health, and Better Homes & Gardens. She loves researching and covering women’s health, beauty/style, relationships, pop culture, and astrology. Follow her on Twitter @MaressaSylvie.